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| - I didn't realize what a complicated task ordering T-shirts was until it was delegated to me. T-shirts? How hard could it be?
Really hard, it turns out. There are lots of T-shirts printers and with the invention of the Interwebz, there are TOO MANY T-shirt printers. How does one differentiate one from the others? I'll tell you how. You pick the one that sponsors your local professional hockey team. In comes Accent T-shirts.
If you've ever been to a Las Vegas Wranglers home game, you've seen handsome young hockey players smash each other into Accent T-shirts ads on the boards and--admit it--you've danced around like a hyperactive 5-year-old hoping that Duke will shoot a T-shirt your way. An Accent T-shirt.
I made the call and soon realized I didn't know what I was doing. Color? Er, what would look good with our logo? You need a bigger logo? Um, this is all I have. You can enlarge it? Oh, good! It went on like that through the many makers of shirts, weights of polos and price ranges of garment-producing companies. I told Lindy what we wanted and what we were willing to pay for it, and he dug through the catalogs and sorted out the unfamiliar terminology for me.
Two complaints: odd working hours--sometimes, I'd hear from Lindy at 9 in the morning, and sometimes I wouldn't hear from him until after 5. There was always someone to answer the phone at the office, but if I needed a new quote, I didn't know when I was going to get it. The other is the billing: you can pick up your shirts or pay for delivery, but delivery was charged separately rather than included on the T-shirt invoice. Accent didn't want to overcharge us, but we'd rather have paid a few extra bucks for the convenience.
Overall, the shirts (and embroidered polos) turned out wonderfully and were completed on time, so I have no problem ordering again in the future. Lindy and his team are extremely patient, kind and a pleasure to work with. We can't wait to wear our shirts to our next office outing!
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